The Egyptian junta disgraces itself by charging a respected Egyptian scholar and advocate for freedom with “espionage”:
- Renowned Scholar in Egypt Charged With Espionage (NY Times)
- Emad Shahin’s Statement to Students, Family and Friends (Minaret of Freedom Institute)
“[T]his new government wants to totally control the flow of information and wants to limit Egyptians’ exposure to alternative viewpoints, and there’s no Egyptian channel that provides an alternative viewpoint”:
- Al Jazeera in Crosshairs as Egypt Silences Dissenting Voices (Christian Science Monitor)
A Palestinian spokesman “said Israel had arrested some naive “boys” and claimed they were al-Qaida to halt American pressure to show more flexibility in peace talks. Israel has demanded it retain a presence in parts of the Palestinian-claimed West Bank after any future peace deal due to security concerns”:
- Palestinians Dismiss Israeli Al-Qaida Plot Claim (AP / abc News)
“[A]s a new command, NASOC will need to create military units from scratch, which avoids some of the tensions surrounding the vetting needed under the Leahy Amendment that have impeded bilateral security cooperation as a result of the Nigerian government’s heavy-handed approach to Boko Haram in the North”;
- US Military Aids Nigeria on Boko Haram (Christian Science Monitor)
It is very unlikely the Syrian talk will end the civil war, but is access for humanitarian aid to the suffering Syrian people too much to hope for?
- Syria Peace Talks on Verge of Collapse Before They Begin (Reuters)
- Syrian Enemies May Discuss Prisoner Swaps Despite Talks Acrimony (Reuters)
 Jenny “used to think that many religious people were only religious because it was expected of them by family and society, at times law” but now her Swedish family’s atheism has challenged Islam’s demand that she respect her parents. “I’ve never seen my mother so angry…. I told my father he could not treat me this way any longer” …
- Teen Muslim Convert Defies Atheist Family (The Local)
… while on the other side of the fence, an immigrant family is broken up when the parents are detained for weeks without charge for violation of  “laws banning all physical punishment of children”:
- Muslim Couple Arrested in Sweden for ‘Smacking Son when He Refused to Pray’ (Telegraph)
- Swedish Authorities Interview Several Malaysian Muslim Families (Borneo Post)
“The incident in Du Char Yar Tan, a village in Northern Rakhine state, appears to be the deadliest in a year, and would bring the total number killed nationwide to more than 280, most of them Muslims. Another 250,000 people have fled their homes”:
- UN: Myanmar Buddhists Killed More than 40 Muslims (AP / abc News)
“[I[n what can only be deemed as phenomenally ironic – Drainville banned the use of “racist†during the Bill 60 hearings now going on in Quebec”:
- Does Bill 60 Mean Leave Canada for Muslim Families? (Muslim Matters)
“The Pentagon reportedly has presented Obama with a plan for 10,000 US troops in Afghanistan after 2014. Below that figure, officials say, imperils the mission. But some analysts say more are needed”:
- Pentagon Plan for Afghanistan: More than Obama Wants, but Enough? (Christian Science Monitor)
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